EVENTSWirksworth Festival, DerbyshireSat 6th/Sun 7th September 2014, 10am-5pmThis looks like a lot of fun. For this weekend during the festival the small town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire turns into a busy arts trail. Lots of artists get to display and sell their work in peoples homes and other locations, and for this year my location will be the Little Wonders Day Nursery (16 Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4FB).

Makers' Fair, SaltaireSat 13th September 2014, Victoria Hall, Saltaire BD18 3JS, 10am-5pmThe Saltaire Makers Fair in 2013 was my favourite event of the year, so I'm very much looking forward to heading back there for this! Top quality art and craft, beautiful location and friendly people. What more could you ask for?EXHIBITIONS

Pub ScrawlSunday 31st August 2014, 4pm-11pm, various locations, SheffieldI'm currently very busy preparing for this, and feel very flattered to have been asked to take part. This is the second 'Pub Scrawl', and is organised by the 'Month Of Sundays' gallery in the city. In brief, 10 artists get given a pub each in Sheffield city centre, and they have to create in installation within the pub. It takes place on one-night-only on Sunday 31st August, and people can try and visit all the pubs, or take their pick. There is also a ticketed guided tour, but this has now sold out. My pub is the (lovely) Bath Hotel and my installation is top secret! Other artists include Nick Deakin/Tom J Newell, India Hobson, Jonathan Wilkinson, Studio Binky, Pete Mckee and 65 Days of Static.

About Me

Brief Biography

I've been producing printed artwork for perhaps the last 14 years. In 2010 I decided to go full-time as an artist, and I'm still at it! I specialise in linocuts and screen-prints.

I graduated with a degree in Fine Art in 1995, specialising in photography (for no other reason than I didn't really enjoy painting or sculpture), and then spent the next few years in dead-end jobs and being unemployed, fighting with thousands of other arts graduates for the rare art-related jobs that appeared.

Eventually I worked in a few (non art-related) decent jobs, and then discovered print-making. It was a revelation to me. A way of creating art that felt physical and quite a challenge!

I'm inspired by the graphic quality of printmaking, and the way you can say a lot with very little. Artist-wise I'm inspired by people like Goya, Stanley Spencer, Max Beckmann and Egon Schiele. All quite direct artists. More contemporary people I like are the artist/graphic novelist Chris Ware, Kid Acne, illustrator Jonathan Wilkinson and cartoonist/writer Elodie Ginsbourg.

So I've been doing it ever since, and now spend all my time working on it (aside from the time spent being a musician - my other passion).

I've had a little success along the way being shortlisted in 2006 for the International Small Print Competition for my work 'Paris Buggy' and taking part in the 'Portrait Artist Of The Year' and 'Landscape Artist Of The Year' TV shows in 2013/2015 (reaching the semi-final in the latter). I've also produced commissions for people like Paul Smith Menswear,The Hepworth Wakefield, Sheffield Children's Festival, The Folk Forest music festival and Domino Records.

I sell my work via my Folksy shop, my NOTHS shop, to various shops and galleries around the UK, and also at various Art/Craft Markets.

I also have a facebook page too. Please come along and become a fan if you like my stuff!